Scanning is the fast way to add cards: one photo, and the card lands in your collection identified and priced. Here is what happens in between, and the one thing worth checking.
1. Take the photo
On iPhone, point the camera at the card. On the web and on Android, take or upload a photo. Use one card per photo, flat, in good light, with the whole card in frame.
2. The card is matched by its artwork
The scan compares the card’s artwork against the full catalog of English and Japanese cards and returns the closest matches. The right card is almost always among them, and the closest one comes first.
3. You confirm the printing
Many cards come in several printings with the same art: a regular print, a reverse holo, a first edition, a reprint in a later set. Those can be worth very different amounts, and the art alone cannot always tell them apart. When it is not sure, Sabrina picks the ordinary printing and marks it so you can switch to the right one in a tap. It never guesses the expensive one.
4. Slabs are read off the label
For a graded card, the scan also reads the slab’s label: the grading company, the grade and the cert number. If a grade cannot be read, it stays blank rather than guessed.
5. It lands in your collection
The card is added with its market price, or an estimate labeled Estimated when it has no recent sale. What you paid is optional, now or later, and that is what turns a value into a profit.
How many scans
Free includes 15 card scans a month. Scan and Pro include 1,000+.